Understanding the molecular mechanisms that convey salt tolerance in plants is a crucial issue for increasing crop yield. The ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) is a halophyte that is capable of growing under high salt conditions. For example, the roots of ice plant seedlings continue to grow in 140 mM NaCl, a salt concentration that completely inhibits Arabidopsis thaliana root growth. ...

Halophytes are salt-tolerant plants that can be used to extract dissolved inorganic nutrients from saline aquaculture effluents under a production framework commonly known as Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA). Halimione portulacoides (L.) Aellen (common name: sea purslane) is an edible saltmarsh halophyte traditionally consumed by humans living near coastal wetlands and considered pro...

Epidermal fragments enriched in guard cells (GCs) were isolated from the halophyte quinoa (Chenopodium Wild.) species, and response at proteome level was studied after salinity treatment of 300 mM NaCl for 3 weeks. In total, 2147 proteins identified, which 36% differentially expressed to stress GCs. Up downregulated included signaling molecules, enzyme modulators, transcription factors oxidored...

Abstract Aims The aim of this study was to compare the efficiency three defense mechanisms (ionic balance, osmotic adjustment and counteracting oxidative stress) under low, moderate high soil salinity in two related species contrasting tolerance salinity: halophyte Aster tripolium glycophyte alpinus , elucidate their phytohormone-mediated regulation. Methods phytohormonal profiling performed as...

Soil salinity is among the major abiotic stresses that plants must face, mainly in arid and semiarid re-gions, high tolerance an important agronomic trait to sustain food production. Agricul-tural soils are unstable subject changes level, monitoring them at both local regional scale a relevant activity adopt soil water management strategies decrease salt concentration root zone, thus minimizing...

Anaerobic degradation of wild halophytes (Kalidium caspicum, Salicornia europaea and Climacoptera lanata) from solonchaks of Kyzylkum desert in comparison with conventional glycophyte Panicum coloratum was studied. Lab-scale reactors were fed with dried and milled plant biomass. Tests were operated under batch and continuous mode at mesophilic (M) and thermophilic (T) temperatures. High concent...

The expansion of aquaculture and the recent development of more intensive land-based marine farms require efficient and cost-effective systems for treatment of highly nutrient-rich saline wastewater. Constructed wetlands with halophytic plants offer the potential for waste-stream treatment combined with production of valuable secondary plant crops. Pilot wetland filter beds, constructed in trip...